Travel Blogs from Melbourne

Cook's Cottage was the genuine home of Captain James Cook's parents where he would often stay once he returned from his expeditions. It wasn't a replica or a re-imagination of the cottage, it was literally bought, torn down piece by piece into 253 packages, shipped to Melbourne, rebuilt using the same materials and opened in 1934 in commemoration of ...

... eat. My host mum were eager to get me to try some of their favorite Aussie food. Aussies love their lamb and I had never had any so of course that was first on the list. They ordered me a dish of lamb (I think it was mixed with liver?) that came with bread and pickled zucchini. Surprisingly this was one of the best things I have eaten here, incredibly delicious! They were also on the hunt for crackle which is where they cook ...

... swim and realize that they can be next to me next time I will swim.... Urgh! Something I have seen is that here is kind of the same birds as in Sweden but they're in an other shape. Like swans, in Sweden they are white and here they are black. And the Swedish doves, here they are *host* "just" half eter tall and have a huuuuge beak. Really scary when they coming close to me, feels like they are gonna stab that huge beak through me ...